Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen Comeback

One hundred and nineteen years ago, King Ning Zhu Quan met Zhu Di, King Yan who came to pay a visit to him. Due to his carelessness, the most combative man among all the princes was tricked by his brother and kidnapped to Beijing to help fight the world. Disaster. In order to make King Ning work hard, Zhu Di also promised that once he succeeds in taking over the world, he will be divided in the middle, and everyone will get half of it. Of course, he naturally forgot about it afterwards. King Ning didn't care about it. He just asked to go to Hangzhou and live a comfortable life for a few days, but he didn't allow it.King Ning still didn't mind, hoping to go to Wuchang, but he didn't allow it.

Finally, he ordered King Ning to go to Nanchang.King Ning didn't resist or criticize, he packed his things and went obediently. It's not that King Ning has no temper, but he knows very well that losing his temper or protesting is useless, because he doesn't have the strength to negotiate conditions. But his anger could not be appeased. He told his children and grandchildren not to forget the humiliation he had suffered. The seeds of hatred have been passed down from generation to generation, and finally blossomed and bear fruit at this moment, and the person who turned them into fruits is called Zhu Chenhao.

Zhu Chenhao is a very ambitious person. As a descendant of King Ning, he inherited the hatred and aggressive character of his ancestors. Considering it, he decided to take action. But soon, he discovered a big problem - no soldiers. Because Yan Wang Zhu Di himself started as a rebel, he was especially on guard against the rebellion of the vassal kings.So when he became emperor, he carried out a large-scale disarmament, of course, all of them were the guards of the vassal kings. When he arrived at Zhu Chenhao's place, he was almost a bare-bones commander, a group of servants who were close to the army, and a bunch of broken guns and knives. This was all his belongings. It was enough to catch a thief. Want to rebel?That was hilarious too.

It is impossible to ask for instructions to recruit soldiers, which is equivalent to writing the word "rebellion" on his forehead. In desperation, he remembered an ancient wisdom rule in Chinese culture-go through the back door. His first back door was Liu Jin. After sending a lot of money, he asked for the restoration of guards. Eunuch Liu approved it with a swipe of his pen.Zhu Chenhao was overjoyed. It's a pity that not long after, Eunuch Liu was killed. The person who took over had confiscated the benefits and refused to accept it. With a swipe of a pen, he laid off his guards.

Zhu Chenhao couldn't even cry tears, the money was given away for nothing, he continued to raise money and give gifts while cursing those wicked people who took money and did nothing.This time his target was Channing. The words "Qian Ning" and "Qing Lian" were simply irreconcilable, and he accepted it without saying a word, and he also made it clear that if you have any difficulties, brother, just speak up. With his help, King Ning's guards were established again, and he had an indicator for recruiting troops again.But he found that these soldiers alone were not enough. After thinking about it, he actually came up with a genius idea-recruitment.

The scope of his recruitment mainly includes: robbers, thieves, water thieves, hooligans, social idlers, etc., anyway, in a word-instability factors that affect social harmony.And there are no restrictions on education, gender, or age, as long as you can make trouble. The names of the leaders of these criminal gangs who were recruited are also very distinctive, such as Ling Shishi and Wu Shisan, compared with the poor peasant Zhu Baba and the smuggler Zhang Jiusi, you can know what they are. . This mode of integrating soldiers and bandits also determines the combat method of his troops-fighting and looting at the same time, which is also impossible. Due to long-term engagement in special occupations, they have already developed good working habits.

Don't care how you put it together, anyway, people are almost done, so let's do it. In addition to military strength, another problem Zhu Chenhao encountered was relationships. To successfully rebel, one must have a good network of relationships, so he used the Jiangxi Yamen in Beijing at that time (equivalent to the Jiangxi Provincial Office in Beijing) ) made friends with many ministers, and broadened the relationship, invited people to eat and drink everywhere, and the momentum was very large. The ministers of the court and the central government were all aware of his move, and some people wrote to the police, but it was strange that Yang Tinghe, the chief assistant of the cabinet at the time, ignored it.

The reason is simple, Yang Tinghe took money from Zhu Chenhao. Please don't be surprised, this is recorded in historical materials. Mr. Zhu Chenhao spends money to gain connections, and of course he will not let this top leader go, eat well, live well, and entertain well, so Mr. Yang Tinghe just turned a blind eye. up. Of course, Yang Tinghe didn't support and didn't know that Zhu Chenhao was determined to rebel. He thought that this person was just trying to make friends.At that time, prices had risen, but wages had not, so Yang Tinghe seemed to think that collecting some dirty money was nothing new.

Life is difficult, and the salary is not enough. Another important and loyal minister at the time, Yang Yiqing, also did some extra income-generating work, but he mainly helped people write letters and epitaphs, and received other people's embellishment fees, which can be regarded as remuneration according to work. There is a way to make money. In any case, Zhu Chenhao paved the way with money, opened up a network of relationships, and laid the foundation for his upcoming career.Judging from the current situation at that time, Zhu Houzhao himself was not very willing to be emperor, and treacherous officials such as Qian Ning and Jiang Bin were also very rampant. The civil official group seemed to be disappointed in Zhu Houzhao.

And not only did he occupy a favorable location, but there were also people in the court to support him, so the victory should be very sure. So he finally made up his mind, determined to break the peaceful environment, and determined to use the lives of countless innocent people and soldiers to realize his ambition. Judging from the development of later events, he was indeed likely to succeed, but to achieve this "success", he had to Add an assumption: If there is no Wang Shouren. After enlightenment, Wang Shouren honestly farmed in the mountains for two years. During the farming period, he developed his own philosophy and became a well-known mountain philosopher. At that time, officials from the Guizhou Education Bureau often invited him to give lectures. I came here from Hunan to listen to his class.

But these did not change his environment until Liu Jin's death. Wang Shouren finally waited until the day when he was in his early years. In the fifth year of Zhengde (1510), he was appointed as the county magistrate of Luling, and he was about to go to his post. For three full years, these were the most important three years in Wang Shouren's life. Here, he learned the secret answer, and also possessed endless power and wisdom. He cast a last glance at the place that gave him the most important revelation in his life, and then he crossed many mountain passes, walked out of the pass, and saw the light of day again. When it rises again, no one in the world can match it. Director Wang became County Magistrate Wang, and he was finally able to work with great fanfare, but just seven months later, he was ordered to report to Nanjing and became the head of the Criminal Department.The chair of the Ministry of Punishment was not warm, and he was transferred to Beijing again. This time, he was the head of the Ministry of Officials, and then the Shaoqing of Nanjing Taipu Temple, and the minister of Nanjing Honglu Temple. In the eleventh year of Zhengde (1516), he became the senior official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zuoqian Du Yushi, and was ordered to govern the south of Jiangxi. Turned over, this time completely turned over, in just six years, he went from a non-staff member with no rank to a third-rank official, which is really a miracle in the officialdom. But there are no miracles in the officialdom. He was able to succeed in his official career because two people secretly supported him. One of these two is Yang Yiqing, and the other is Wang Qiong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War. Yang Yiqing once met Wang Shouren, and his many years of experience told him that this person is a rare talent who can be a leader, so he has always paid close attention to this person and deliberately promoted him. The other Wang Qiong is even more interesting. This person has a bad reputation and is good at flattering and building relationships. He has a good relationship with Qian Ning and Jiang Bin (Qian Ning and Jiang Bin are deadly enemies), and he is often shamed by honest men. However, he is an out-and-out good person and a capable person. Bad people flatter to do bad things, and good people flatter to do practical things.So for Wang Qiong, flattery is just a technical means and has nothing to do with character issues. Wang Qiong was in charge of the Ministry of War. Using the power in his hands, he promulgated many policies that were beneficial to the country and abolished many unreasonable systems. Every time he made a suggestion, he was always approved. Because both Qian Ning and Jiang Bin, who were in charge, were his buddies, the brothers' memorial was naturally signed and stamped immediately. And when he saw Wang Shouren for the first time, he expressed his feelings in one sentence: "If this person is used, the peace of the world can be guaranteed!" He made full use of his power to promote Wang Shouren consecutively for the first time, ignoring other people's ridicule and speculation, because he knew that what he did was right. In the first month of the twelfth year of Zhengde (1517), Wang Shouren officially arrived in Jiangxi and began to perform the duties of governor.But when he got here, he realized that the situation was very different from what he had imagined. It turned out that when Wang Qiong appointed him, he privately said that he was arranging grass-roots training, and it was enough to go around. However, Wang Shouren went to the local area and found that his area was rich in a special product - bandits. Wang Shouren finally woke up, and Wang Qiong's treacherous face and strange smile immediately appeared in front of his eyes before leaving. Master Shangshu, you are really not mean. But the philosopher Wang Shouren is not afraid of difficulties. He was not afraid of farming and helping the poor in Guizhou. Was he afraid of beating bandits? But slowly he realized that these bandits were by no means that simple. Not only are they numerous and powerful, but they are also brave in battle and well-informed. What's even more frightening is that behind them, there seems to be a powerful force secretly supporting them. Wang Shouren saw this, and instead of dispatching troops hastily, he carefully studied the previous battles against bandits, and finally discovered a very strange coincidence: that is, every time the officers and soldiers attacked, they were either in the air or in ambush.Rarely able to launch a battle. How could the bandits know the actions of the officers and soldiers?There is only one answer - undercover, there are bandits undercover in the government. Wang Shouren decided to deal with these people. Not long after, he suddenly issued an order, saying that he would concentrate his forces to wipe out the bandits in the near future, and that there would be a sudden operation, and all barracks should be prepared. However, everyone waited anxiously for a long time, but did not get the order to start the war. At the same time, some colleagues around them disappeared suddenly and were released later. This was Wang Shouren's trick. He released the news first, and then sent people to keep an eye on the officials at all levels in the yamen. If he found out that he had gone to inform the officials, he would record them and secretly arrest them all when he came back.But the most brilliant thing about him is that he does not kill any of these people, but first conducts patriotic education, and then asks about their home addresses and family members, and talks a few words such as "I hope your mother and children take care of their health, we will Frequent visits" and other threatening language. Under both hard and soft tactics, these people obediently agreed to be undercover agents of the government and became double agents.Now the bandits were caught blind, and many leaders were wiped out in one go. Governor Wang, however, was not satisfied. He was determined to play out the "Jiangxi Suppression of Bandits" to the end, and he came up with a unique trick - ten cards. The so-called "Ten Family Card Method", in layman's terms, means that Baojia sits in a row, ten families form a unit, and they take turns patrolling every day. If something happens, everyone will die together.This move was so ruthless that the local bandits didn't dare to go home during the Chinese New Year, so they could only hide in the mountains and scold Wang Shouren while gnawing bark. Bandits also have dignity, they can't stand it anymore, if they can't be soft, they will come hard!Rather than being played to death by Mr. Wang, it is better to get up and fight. It's a pity that Mr. Wang is really a soft-hearted person. The poor bandits will not know that Mr. Wang Shouren is usually called the "Four Schools" by later generations: great philosophers, military strategists, statesmen, and writers. He deserves all four titles. The so-called military genius is someone who can fight with a pirated copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War without going to a military academy. Wang Shouren belongs to this type. Not only can he fight, but he can also fight tricks. His method of using troops can be described in two words - weird. Other people's wars are nothing more than the enemy advancing and retreating, the enemy retreating and pursuing, fighting when there are many soldiers, and running when there are few soldiers.Philosopher Wang is very different, he never confronts the enemy head-on, he always hits east and west, you go south, he goes north, often making the enemy dizzy. That's all for playing cards not according to common sense. What's interesting is that this man also has an unreasonable habit. Even if the number of troops is small, he dares to fight. What's even more strange is that even if he has an absolute advantage and surrounds his opponents like an iron bucket, he never launches an attack easily. If time permits, he will always starve them to death, lure the opponent to break out of the encirclement, and sneak into the ambush circle. Only then did the general attack begin. Basically, following these tricks all the way, the gods will be killed by him. To be fair, in daily life, Governor Wang is indeed an upright and honest man, but on the battlefield, he will immediately become more treacherous than the most treacherous profiteers, worse than the worst bullies. The bandits in Jiangxi will soon face this Lord Wang, what a bunch of hard-working people. The bandits quickly formed an alliance and assembled their forces to fight against Lord Wang. Wang Shouren's subordinates were a little worried and advised him to make preparations early, but Wang Shouren didn't care: "We pack it together when we come together, and it saves me from looking for them. What can I prepare?" The bandits also heard this sentence. Although they felt that their personal dignity was not recognized and were rather angry, it also showed that Wang Shouren despised them and would not do anything for the time being.For them, this is a good time to prepare. In fact, bandit friends should remember a truth. During the war, what Mr. Wang Shouren said must be understood in reverse, otherwise you will be sold by him and you will have to help count the money. When they were hiding in the mountains to recuperate, Wang Shouren suddenly mobilized the main force of the army to attack on a large scale. The bandits were caught off guard and blocked in the mountainous area of ​​southern Jiangxi, all of which were wrapped in dumplings. After Wang Shouren surrounded them, he suddenly stopped moving, and kept ignoring it, as if he didn't do it. The bandits were in a hurry, and they didn't have enough food. They beat you or arrested you to express your opinion! There is no other way, the bandits who are cornered are ready to break out. But as soon as they charged towards the encirclement, a large number of people suddenly appeared in the back, and the retreat was cut off immediately. They fell into the trap set by Wang Shouren for a long time again, and were quickly defeated.Most surrendered, and a small part fled. After this battle, Wang Shouren really became famous, and those who fled back made a big publicity, saying that Governor Wang had eight heads and nine arms, so powerful that he lost his edge, so the remaining bandits counted, this Hades If you can't afford to offend me, why don't you give in first and ask for peace temporarily, anyway, your Lao Wang is always going to leave, and it's not too late to make trouble at that time. In this way, the bandit leaders came to the governor's office hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder, expressing their willingness to obey the government's management and become good citizens. In fact, this trick is not bad, but when it comes to Mr. Wang, it is really impossible to pass the test. Because Mr. Wang has a good habit of checking files.Before suppressing the bandits, he had already figured out the origins of these people, and he knew the sincerity and hypocrisy. The bandits were very happy to see Mr. Wang treating each other with courtesy, and thought they had fooled them. However, within two days, Mr. Wang suddenly launched an attack and killed several of them. Wang Shouren is not interested in this kind of old ruffian. (If this article was promoted and used, Zhang Xianzhong would have died long ago). Killing the chicken to show the monkey, when this trick is used, no one dares to move, so the fake surrender becomes a real surrender. In this way, the Jiangxi bandits, who had troubled the court for more than ten years, were completely wiped out, and Mr. Wang Shouren finally solved the problem after several months of beatings and molestations. Jiangxi Bandit Suppression is not very eye-catching in the history of Ming Dynasty, but to Wang Shouren, it has extraordinary significance. You must know that anyone who has engaged in philosophy in history generally meets two conditions. First, the IQ must be excessive, and mentally retarded idiots are prohibited from entering (except for those with great wisdom and stupidity). If you are full, why do you engage in philosophy). Philosophy has such a high threshold because it is the foundation of all science in the world. If you are good enough, you can theoretically handle any subject.For example, Mr. Qian Xuesen once repeatedly said that the reason why he was able to develop missile satellites and continuously produce scientific research results was the result of his years of learning Marxism-Leninism. I dare not say to others, but at least Mr. Wang Shouren meets these two conditions. He has become a philosopher, and this gang of southern Jiangxi bandits just provided him with another opportunity-a chance to break through. Because with the passage of time, Wang Shouren finally discovered that it is not enough to just understand philosophy. Talking about "mind learning" all day is not effective, and "mind learning" cannot drive away bandits. , to successfully establish a career and handle affairs requires another mysterious tool. After experiencing the desolation of barren mountains and wild mountains, the loneliness of being unattended, and the joy of enlightenment, Wang Shouren came to the pass again. During the two years in Jiangxi, because of bandits everywhere, he could only travel around full-time to suppress bandits, and had no time to study. his philosophy. God did not treat Wang Shouren badly. It was during the two years of gold and iron horses and wars that Wang Shouren gradually found such a tool and mastered it proficiently. With this tool, he can surpass many predecessors and become a sage of Neo Confucianism. With this tool, he can achieve brilliant martial arts and be admired by future generations. With this tool, his philosophy will be convinced by thousands of people, and it will be spread overseas and immortalized through the ages. And Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng, the famous ministers of later generations, also made use of this tool to make great achievements and keep their names through the ages. The name of this tool is "Union of Knowledge and Action". The relationship between knowledge and action is a fundamental problem in the history of Chinese philosophy. This trouble started from various schools of thought to Sun Yat-sen, and it lasted thousands of years. There were countless times of scolding and quarreling, but it was still unable to be resolved. I can't solve it either, but I can explain it. In fact, to put it bluntly, this question is a matter of theory and practice. Some people think that knowing is easier than doing, but understanding theory is easy, but practice is difficult. For example, Zhu Shengren (Zhu Xi) advocated that knowing is difficult and doing is easy, which is understandable. According to his method, enlightenment is difficult, but execution seems to be very easy. It may be difficult for everyone to imagine, but such a thing has been tossing for thousands of years, and it has not stopped until today. At this moment Wang Shouren stood up, and he shouted loudly: Understanding the truth is important, but practical application is also important! What this quote really means is this: To achieve lofty and great aspirations, there must be a practical, down-to-earth approach. This is not just a sentence, but a profound wisdom in dealing with things and life, which is enough to benefit people for a lifetime, so it seems easy to understand, but in fact it is not easy to understand. More than twenty years later, two people read his book one after another, but they both saw the phrase "the unity of knowledge and action". One person understood it, but the other didn't. The one who understands is called Zhang Juzheng, and the one who doesn't understand is called Hai Rui. Four hundred years later, there was a young man who saw this sentence and was so impressed that he took it as his lifelong code of conduct and changed his name accordingly—Tao Xingzhi. Wang Shouren, who has realized the "unity of knowledge and action", no longer talks about theory and philosophy, because the cruel reality made him understand that preaching and the Four Books and Five Classics alone cannot solve the problem. The best way to make the bandits put down their knives is to use musket. With this idea in mind, Wang Shouren is about to face the most difficult test in his life. For these bandits, he has always been very puzzled. He has neither seen nor beaten them. How can such a group of waste dare to engage in large-scale operations so arrogantly. When interrogating the bandits, he finally found the answer to this question—— Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao. There is no doubt that Zhu Chenhao's shadow is more or less behind these bandits. As a vassal king, he goes to mingle with the bandits, which can't be understood as going deep into the masses. The county magistrate wants to be promoted to the magistrate, the servant wants to be a minister, and the feudal king wants to... So Wang Shouren quickly found the answer, the only possible answer. The problem became serious, so he immediately ran to find Sun Sui. Sun Sui, the governor of Jiangxi at that time, a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang, was not only Wang Shouren's fellow villager, but also his best friend who was an official in the same dynasty. At that time, Wang Shouren was only the governor of southern Jiangxi (Jiangnan), and his main task was to suppress bandits. For such a big matter, he could not make a decision and could only find Sun Sui. However, when he ran to the governor's yamen and found Sun Sui out of breath after talking about it, he only got a strange reaction. Sun Sui listened to him with a wry smile, then he sighed and said only one sentence: "Brother, you only know now?" Now it was Wang Shouren's turn to be dumbfounded. In October of the tenth year of Zhengde (1515), Sun Sui, the governor of Henan Province, received an order that the central government decided to promote him to the right deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This was a good thing, but Sun Sui was not happy. Because there is another appointment later-sending Jiangxi governor. For the officials of the DPRK and China at that time, Jiangxi was a place of death. Just a few years ago, Jiangxi Governor Wang Zhe was honored to take office, but not long after, he died suddenly and strangely. The imperial court sent Dong Jie to take his place. Only eight months later, Brother Dong Jie also died. The death is unknown. No wonder, the next two governors packed their bags and came back before they had worked for a year. They would rather not be officials than live there. Among them, the senior officials of the mysterious court knew it well, but they kept silent. After receiving money from others, it is natural not to make a sound. But Jiangxi had to go without people, and I don't know which dear friend had a grudge against Sun Sui and recommended him.In this way, Sun Sui was pushed to the edge of the cliff. But Sun Sui replied: "I will go!" He called his wife and told him about his funeral. His wife was terrified and asked him what was going on.Sun Sui just sighed and said: "I'm going to die there this time." "Since that's the case, why don't we become this official? Isn't it okay if we don't go?" "If the country is in trouble, you should stand up and serve the country with your death. How can you refuse!" Sun Sui replied righteously. He dismissed all his servants, resettled his family, bid farewell to his wife, took two schoolboys with him, and set foot on the road of no return. After arriving in Jiangxi, he was very unexpectedly warmly welcomed by King Ning. Not only did he send money and things, but he often visited him at home, which can be described as extremely warm. But Sun Sui refused. He returned the gift and declined to visit.This is because he understands very well that if he takes something from someone else, he has to do things for him.And what King Ning wants to do is called treason. Now that he has collected things, he will have to pay back with his head in the future. However, not long after, he found that everyone around him was watching him. No matter what he did, King Ning would always know in advance, and sometimes he would deliberately reveal what he had said in some secret occasions.Even his residence is often haunted by suspicious people. Faced with all this, Sun Sui did not give in, he still stayed here without fear. Because staying here is his duty. Seeing such a soft-hearted guy, Ning Wang felt very headache, and had no choice but to make a secret move. He sent someone to deliver four things to Sun Sui—jujube, pear, ginger, and mustard. Sun Sui smiled when he saw these things, and he knew what King Ning meant-leave the border early. What happened afterwards was beyond King Ning's expectations. Sun Sui ate these special "gifts" generously, but he didn't move at all. In such a dangerous environment, Sun Sui persisted alone for four years, and now, he finally has a comrade-in-arms——Wang Shouren. But when these two combined, they found that they had no chance of winning at all. They were both governors, but they were empty-handed. Use it, Mr. Wang usually only has a few militia organizations under his command, and it's okay to catch pickpockets and maintain law and order. Where can we go to war? After untold hardships, I finally found an organization, but the organization couldn't do anything, and the two fellow villagers fell into speechless hesitation again. While Sun Sui and Wang Shouren were at a loss, King Ning was working hard. Judging from the actions of King Ning Zhu Chenhao, he has always followed such a motto in life: the cause of rebellion is based on talents. From the analysis of historical data, although this man is ambitious, his IQ is not very high, and he can't solve many things. In order to make up for his weakness, he put up a sign of high-paying recruitment and recruited talents from the society. Therefore, many people came to the door, but after the interview, Zhu Chenhao found that most of them ate and drank, and there were almost no talented ones. Only one named Liu Yangzheng barely got along, so he made a decision and appointed him as the chief assistant of the rebellion. Later, there was another man named Li Shishi, who had been a servant before, but later resigned and returned home. Zhu Chenhao felt that he was also good, so he recruited him together and arranged for him to be employed again. But these two people did not satisfy Zhu Chenhao, he was very puzzled, where did all the talents go? Let me answer this question: They all went to the exam to become officials. Comrade Zhu Chenhao was born at a bad time. You must know that talents, a scarce resource, would only run around to make a living in the chaotic years of Zhu Yuanzhang.In a time of peace and prosperity, who would raise their heads to rebel against you?It's better to study hard and gain fame, this is the real right way. Look at the two talents under him again, one Liu Yangzheng, who was born in Juren, failed the Jinshi examination, and dared to say that he was familiar with the art of war and strategizing after reading a few military books. There is also that Li Shishi, the court can't get along anymore, he went home to have a leisurely meal with King Ning, and it is said that he didn't do anything except nodding and raising his hands in agreement. It's just these two guys who are raised by him as crouching dragons and phoenix chicks, which is considered special. In fact, Zhu Chenhao knew that he was short of talents, but he had no choice. Just when he was frowning, someone told him that he had found a real talent in Suzhou, and if this person joined, he would surely succeed. Zhu Chenhao was overjoyed and prepared to send someone to invite this person himself. I am ashamed to say that this person has been thrown into the background by us for 20 years, and now it is time to invite him out. Brother Bohu, let's play! Twenty years ago, Tang Bohu went to Beijing to rush for the exam, but ended up in a tragic end. He got out of prison anyway. He wanted to cheer up and go home to live a peaceful life.But when he returned home, he found that everything was beyond his expectations. The old folks who greeted him with smiles have changed their faces, except for contempt or contempt, and his servants no longer respect him, and sometimes even dare to turn against the guests and reprimand him loudly.His wife is not only inconsiderate of him, but also often speaks ill at each other. What made him even more miserable was that even Wangcai, who was guarding the door at the door, barked and chased him to bite him. This is not a joke, the above description is from a letter written by Tang Bohu to a friend, every word is a cruel fact. Facing the cruel facts, Tang Bohu was completely desperate. He no longer believed in the words of the sages, and he no longer studied hard. He had already lost his qualifications to be an official. What's the point of studying! Falling down from a thousand-foot high platform, he suffered endless discrimination and humiliation. Since then, he has no dreams, no pursuits, and only one thing he needs - the joy of life and death. From then on, he started wandering in famous brothels in many parts of the country. Because of his outstanding literary talent, he attracted many prostitutes, and even many people came to him on their own initiative, and they were willing to pay back, which is also a miracle. The title of the so-called romantic talent was also spread from this moment. After all, being romantic and enjoying flowers is what many people dream of, but they don't know that behind Tang Bohu's indulgent smile, there is endless sadness. Just when Tang Bohu was at the lowest point in his life, Zhu Chenhao came to his side and stretched out his hand - pushing him to an even lower point. Tang Bohu was very happy when he received Zhu Chenhao's invitation. Even if he couldn't be an official, it would be good to be a master to the prince, and Zhu Chenhao's courtesy to him made him feel that he finally found the master. However, soon, he discovered that Zhu Chenhao, the leader, was not very authentic. He was always in contact with some dubious bandits, hoarded a lot of food, grass, and weapons, and often looked at the map of the whole country and sighed, filled with righteous indignation Fist shaped. Are you afraid that you will rebel? Although going to brothels has a bad reputation, it's just for fun. Tang Bohu, who has food and brothels, does not have the revolutionary consciousness and needs of Zhu Chongba. He just wants to make a living. The question is, can you leave if you want to? Let you see so many secrets, know the inside story, and don't keep your head, how can you be willing to let you go? Forty-nine-year-old Tang Bohu faced the threat of his life, and once again burst out the spark of wisdom. He decided to learn from the experience of his predecessors - pretending to be crazy. Only by pretending to be crazy can Zhu Chenhao believe that he didn't see anything, even if he saw, he wouldn't speak, even if he spoke, no one would believe him. After all, Tang Bohu is a genius, he pretends to be crazy and also has a good style, much better than Yuan Kai who ate dog shit back then, because he came up with a unique trick - streaking. It's really worth the money. From then on, Brother Bohu abandoned the traditional concept, resolutely took off to the end, walked around naked, and when he saw a big girl, he would go up and giggle, and often shouted slogans: "I am a distinguished guest of King Ning!" What he did, the whole city of Nanchang was disturbed, many people came out to watch the fun, Zhu Chenhao lost all face, he was furious, and quickly ordered the old man to be sent back to Suzhou, don't embarrass yourself here. Tang Bohu, who finally escaped from danger, heaved a sigh of relief, but while celebrating the rest of his life after the catastrophe, he was also completely desperate for life. His life since then can be described in four words - complete depravity. Day and night, drinking and having fun, indulged in sensuality, destroyed his body, but also made his art. His poems, calligraphy and paintings are not rigid in rules, especially his figure paintings, which are considered to be unmatched in three hundred years. nape. But that was the end of it. Four years later (the second year of Jiajing, 1523 A.D.), this genius in the history of Chinese culture ended his troubled life and fell silent forever. Sometimes, I have also watched TV dramas based on Tang Bohu, watching how he outsmarts treacherous ministers, and how he marries a beautiful woman. Most of these plots are very funny, but no matter what, I can’t laugh every time. come out. Because in my mind, what always comes to mind is the real Tang Bohu, that high-spirited young man, that middle-aged man whose talent is underappreciated, and that disheartened old man.It is the soul that struggles in helplessness and is extremely desperate. Only the Peach Blossom Song is still telling his heart, lingering for thousands of years and never dissipating.